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Richard B. Firestone's Degrees
- PhD Nuclear Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Nuclear Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
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Published Works
- Table of Isotopes (1978) (3499)
- Table of Radioactive Isotopes (1986) (1250)
- ENDF/B-VIII.0: The 8 th Major Release of the Nuclear Reaction Data Library with CIELO-project Cross Sections, New Standards and Thermal Scattering Data (2018) (1051)
- Nitrous Oxide from Soil Denitrification: Factors Controlling Its Biological Production (1980) (498)
- Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling (2007) (481)
- Inhibition by sulfide of nitric and nitrous oxide reduction by denitrifying Pseudomonas fluorescens (1980) (259)
- WWW Table of Radioactive Isotopes (1999) (248)
- The Influence of Nitrate, Nitrite, and Oxygen on the Composition of the Gaseous Products of Denitrification in Soil 1 (1979) (212)
- Database of prompt gamma rays from slow neutron capture for elemental analysis (2004) (205)
- Table of Superdeformed Nuclear Bands and Fission Isomers: Third Edition (October 2002) (2002) (140)
- Denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in digested sludge. (1981) (105)
- Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 y ago (2013) (103)
- Nitric oxide as an intermediate in denitrification: evidence from nitrogen-13 isotope exchange. (1979) (97)
- Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 24 (2007) (95)
- Evidence from central Mexico supporting the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis (2012) (92)
- Very high-temperature impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts and impacts 12,900 years ago (2012) (91)
- Table of Superdeformed Nuclear Bands and Fission Isomers (1996) (86)
- Bayesian chronological analyses consistent with synchronous age of 12,835–12,735 Cal B.P. for Younger Dryas boundary on four continents (2015) (72)
- Evidence against correlations between nuclear decay rates and Earth-Sun distance (2008) (72)
- Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 1. Ice Cores and Glaciers (2018) (69)
- Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 2. Lake, Marine, and Terrestrial Sediments (2018) (59)
- Methods for the Production and Use of Nitrogen-13 In Studies of Denitrification 1 (1979) (55)
- Reference database for photon strength functions (2019) (53)
- Science's neglected legacy (2000) (49)
- Nanodiamond-Rich Layer across Three Continents Consistent with Major Cosmic Impact at 12,800 Cal BP (2014) (48)
- IAEA Photonuclear Data Library 2019 (2019) (48)
- Prompt Gamma-Ray Spectrum Catalog (2004) (44)
- Low-energy enhancement in the photon strength of 95Mo. (2012) (43)
- The table of isotopes-8th edition and beyond (1996) (43)
- Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 23 (2007) (41)
- A New Gamma-Ray Spectrum Catalog for PGAA (2000) (41)
- Analysis of the Younger Dryas Impact Layer (2010) (37)
- Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 21 (2004) (35)
- The 8th edition of the Table of Isotopes (1997) (35)
- A new gamma-ray spectrum catalog and library for PGAA (2001) (34)
- First PGAA and NAA experimental results from a compact high intensity D-D neutron generator (2003) (33)
- The Case for the Younger Dryas Extraterrestrial Impact Event: Mammoth, Megafauna and Clovis Extinction (2009) (30)
- A study of 172Yb following the 170Er(α, 2n) reaction (1980) (30)
- Nuclear data sheets for A = 186 (1988) (29)
- Terrestrial evidence of a nuclear catastrophe in paleoindian times (2001) (27)
- Rotational bands in 170Yb observed following (α,xn) reactions (1981) (27)
- Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 25 (2009) (27)
- Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Sections Of The Palladium Isotopes (2005) (26)
- Nuclear data sheets for A = 184 (1989) (26)
- Assimilatory nitrate uptake in Pseudomonas fluorescens studied using nitrogen-13 (1981) (26)
- Nuclear Data Sheets for A=22 (2005) (26)
- Thermal neutron capture cross sections of tellurium isotopes (2003) (23)
- Beta-delayed proton precursors with 59≦Z≦62 (1985) (22)
- Table of Isotopes, 2 Volume Set (1997) (21)
- Thermal neutron radiative cross sections for Li 6,7, Be 9, B 10,11, C 12,13, and N 14,15 (2016) (19)
- Nuclear Data Sheets for A=181 (1984) (19)
- Neutron-induced prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) of metals and non-metals in ocean floor geothermal vent-generated samples (2002) (18)
- Investigation of the tungsten isotopes via thermal neutron capture (2013) (18)
- Nuclear data sheets update for A = 181* (1991) (17)
- OBSERVATION OF 23 SUPERNOVAE THAT EXPLODED <300 pc FROM EARTH DURING THE PAST 300 kyr (2014) (16)
- Decay of neutron deficient Eu, Sm and Pm isotopes near the proton drip line (1989) (15)
- Evidence for a Massive Extraterrestrial Airburst over North America 12.9 ka Ago (2007) (15)
- Confirmation of the Younger Dryas boundary (YDB) data at Murray Springs, AZ (2010) (15)
- Nuclear data sheets for A = 183* (1987) (15)
- Nuclear data sheets for A = 187 (1991) (14)
- Thermal neutron capture cross sections for O 16,17,18 and H 2 (2016) (13)
- Thermal neutron capture cross sections of the potassium isotopes (2013) (13)
- Nuclear Data Sheets for A=182☆ (1988) (12)
- Failure of the Allowed Assumption in theεβ+Decays ofGd145gandSm143g—Experimental Evidence for Interference Effects in NuclearβDecay (1974) (12)
- Absolute Measurements of Anomalous ε β + -Decay Branching Ratios (1975) (12)
- The Evaluated Gamma-ray Activation File (EGAF) * (2004) (12)
- EGAF: Measurement and Analysis of Gamma-ray Cross Sections (2014) (11)
- Compact neutron generator development at LBNL (2003) (11)
- Negative-parity yrast band in 170Yb: Rotation-aligned neutrons with deformation-coupled bandhead? (1979) (10)
- An improved and modular helium-jet recoil-transport system for the study of short-lived nuclei (1975) (10)
- New Catalog of Neutron Capture γ Rays for Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (2002) (10)
- Level densities and thermodynamical properties of Pt and Au isotopes (2014) (10)
- Low Energy Neutron Measurements in High Energy Density Plasmas using the National Ignition Facility (2013) (9)
- Thermal neutron radiative cross sections for 6 , 7 Li, 9 Be, 10 , 11 B, 12 , 13 C, and 14 , 15 N (2016) (9)
- Short-Term Measurement of Denitrification Rates in Soils Using 13N and Acetylene Inhibition Methods (1978) (9)
- Nuclear data sheets for A = 189 (1981) (9)
- Reply to Blaauw et al., Boslough, Daulton, Gill et al., and Hardiman et al.: Younger Dryas impact proxies in Lake Cuitzeo, Mexico (2012) (8)
- Investigation of Re 186 via radiative thermal-neutron capture on Re 185 (2016) (8)
- Nuclear data sheets update for A = 183* (1992) (8)
- Thermal neutron capture cross section for Fe 56 ( n , γ ) (2017) (8)
- The characterization of legacy radioactive materials by gamma spectroscopy and prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) (2004) (8)
- Analysis of fissile materials by high-energy neutron-induced fission decay gamma-rays (2005) (8)
- Determination of the 151Eu(n,γ)152m1,gEu and 153Eu(n,γ)154Eu Reaction Cross Sections at Thermal Neutron Energy (2014) (8)
- COMPLEX BETA-DECAY SCHEMES: PANDEMONIUM LOST AND PARADISE REGAINED (1982) (8)
- Observation of particle alignment in the octupole band of 172Yb (1979) (8)
- Impact-related microspherules in Late Pleistocene Alaskan and Yukon “muck” deposits signify recurrent episodes of catastrophic emplacement (2017) (8)
- New capture Gamma-Ray library and Atlas of spectra for all elements (2003) (7)
- Beta-delayed proton emission in the lanthanide region (1986) (7)
- Geochemical data reported by Paquay et al. do not refute Younger Dryas impact event (2010) (7)
- Updated Photonuclear Data Library and Database for Photon Strength Functions (2015) (7)
- Determination of the effective sample thickness via radiative capture (2015) (7)
- TANDEM: a mutual cooperation effort for transactinide nuclear data evaluation and measurement (2015) (7)
- On improving Ge detector energy resolution and peak-to-Compton ratios by pulse-shape discrimination (1981) (7)
- New methods for the determination of total radiative thermal neutron capture cross sections (2008) (7)
- Radiative thermal neutron-capture cross sections for the W 180 ( n , γ ) reaction and determination of the neutron-separation energy (2015) (6)
- Evidence for an Extraterrestrial Impact Event 12,900 years ago that Contributed to Megafaunal Extinctions and the Younger Dryas Cooling (2007) (6)
- Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago: A Reply (2020) (6)
- Reply to Ives and Froese: Regarding the impact-related Younger Dryas boundary layer at Chobot site, Alberta, Canada (2013) (6)
- Interpretation of the anomalous electron-capture to positron decay ratio inNa22 (1978) (5)
- The use of prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) for the analyses and characterization of materials: Photochromic materials (2004) (5)
- Extraterrestrial Markers Found at Clovis Sites Across North America (2007) (5)
- Nuclear Structure and Decay Data in the Electronic Age (2000) (5)
- epsilon/. beta. /sup +/ decay of /sup 145/Gd: Resolution of epsilon/. beta. /sup +/ decay branching ratio anomalies and evidence for pronounced structures in the. beta. -decay strength (1982) (5)
- Thermal neutron capture cross sections and neutron separation energies for 23 Na(n,γ) (2014) (5)
- Beta decay of Lu154 and Yb154 (1988) (5)
- Comparison of IUPAC k0 values and neutron cross sections to determine a self-consistent set of data for neutron activation analysis (2011) (5)
- Identification of the neutron-rich isotope174Er (1989) (5)
- Revisiting the U-238 Thermal Capture Cross Section and Gamma-ray Emission Probabilities from Np-239 Decay (2005) (4)
- Capture gamma-ray libraries for nuclear applications (2011) (4)
- Anomalous ε β + Decay Branching Ratios: A Theoretical Explanation (1975) (4)
- Analyses of oxyanion materials by prompt gamma activation analysis (2008) (4)
- Decay studies of neutron deficient rare earth isotopes with OASIS (1987) (4)
- Reply to van Hoesel et al.: Impact-related Younger Dryas boundary nanodiamonds from The Netherlands (2013) (4)
- Experimental studies of the neutron-deficient gadolinium isotopes: Gdm1145 and Gdm2145 (1975) (4)
- Development of a Database for Prompt γ-ray Neutron Activation Analysis (2003) (3)
- Evidence for an Extraterrestrial Impact Origin of the Carolina Bays on the Atlantic Coast of North America (2007) (3)
- γ -ray decay from neutron-bound and unbound states in Mo 95 and a novel technique for spin determination (2016) (3)
- Determination of contaminants in rare earth materials by prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) (2004) (3)
- Decay of /sup 143/Gd/sup m+g/ by positron emission and electron capture (1978) (3)
- Developments in capture-γ libraries for nonproliferation applications (2017) (3)
- γ -ray decay from neutron-bound and unbound states in Mo 95 and a novel technique for spin determination (2016) (3)
- Summary Report: First Research Coordination Meeting on ReferenceDatabase for Neutron Activation Analysis (2005) (3)
- Formation of the Carolina Bays: ET Impact vs. Wind-and-Water (2007) (3)
- Overview of nuclear data (2003) (3)
- Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 267-293 (2000) (3)
- Data evaluation methods and improvements to the neutron-capture γ-ray spectrum (2011) (2)
- Appendix to Part II - Table of Nuclides (2011) (2)
- Compact neutron generators for environmental recovery applications (2001) (2)
- Thermal-neutron capture for A=26-35 (2001) (2)
- Second Research Coordination Meeting on Reference Database for Neutron Activation Analysis -- Summary Report (2008) (2)
- Elemental Analysis of the Sediment, Magnetic Grains and Microspherules from the Younger Dryas Impact Layer (2008) (2)
- γ decay from the quasicontinuum of Au197,198 (2015) (2)
- Spectroscopy of proton-rich nuclei in the rare earth region (1991) (2)
- Decay of the Neutron-Rich Isotope {sup 171}Ho and the Identification of {sup 169}Dy (1990) (2)
- Is There Evidence for Impact-Triggered Fires at the End Pleistocene? (2007) (2)
- Use of13N in Studies of Denitrification (1982) (2)
- Determination of thermal neutron capture cross-sections at budapest PGAA facility (2007) (2)
- Developing reliable reaction gamma-ray data (2018) (2)
- Gamma spectrum from neutron capture on tungsten isotopes (2010) (2)
- Thermal Neutron Capture onto the Stable Tungsten Isotopes (2012) (2)
- γ-ray spectroscopy of excited states in 143 Eu (1981) (2)
- Thermal neutron capture cross section for 56Fe(n,.GAMMA.) (2017) (1)
- A new prompt gamma-ray database for cold and thermal neutron capture (2001) (1)
- BETA-DECAY OF [SUP]154 LU AND [SUP]154 YB (1988) (1)
- The Origin of the Giant Dipole Resonance (2020) (1)
- New Measurement of the Thermal-capture Cross Section for the Minor Isotope 180W (2014) (1)
- Statistical gamma-ray emission of gold and its astrophysical implications (2014) (1)
- Summary Report Second Research Coordination Meeting on Reference Database for Neutron Activation Analysis, IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, 7 - 9 May 2007 (2008) (1)
- Prompt gamma activation analysis: An old technique made new (2002) (1)
- Impacts, mega-tsunami, and other extraordinary claims: COMMENT (2008) (1)
- Fast calibration of large Si(Li) electron detectors from 511.0 to 4564.0 keV using double-escape peaks and compton edges from 66Ga (1974) (1)
- Evidence for the Extinction of Mammoths by an Extraterrestrial Impact Event (2005) (1)
- Analysis of unknown materials with prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (PGAA) (2002) (1)
- Radiative-capture cross sections for the La139(n,γ) reaction using thermal neutrons and structural properties of La140 (2018) (1)
- Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Sections of the PalladiumIsotopes (2006) (1)
- Thermal neutron capture cross section for 56 Fe( n ,γ ) (2017) (1)
- Improved Capture Gamma-Ray Libraries for Nuclear Applications (2012) (1)
- THE FEASIBILITY OF PRODUCING 11C, 13N, 15O, AND 18F WITH HEAVY-ION BEAMS (1980) (0)
- Measurement of actinide neutron cross sections (2003) (0)
- Peer Reviewed Title: The Case for the Younger Dryas Extraterrestrial Impact Event: Mammoth, Megafauna and Clovis Extinction Author: (2011) (0)
- Experimental studies of the neutron-deficient gadolinium isotopes: $sup 145$Gd/sup m$sub 1$/ and $sup 145$Gd/sup m$sub 2$/ (1975) (0)
- Predictions of splittings between triplet and singlet states in deformed odd--odd nuclei (1976) (0)
- IDENTIFICATION OF THE NEUTRON-RICH ISOTOPE [SUP]174 ER (1988) (0)
- Anomalous epsilon/$beta$$sup +$ decay branching ratios (1974) (0)
- Investigating the Photon Strength Function to Discrete Levels (2015) (0)
- Thermal-neutron capture for A=36-44 (2003) (0)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Title Gamma Spectrum from Neutron Capture on Tungsten Isotopes Permalink (2010) (0)
- THE E/B+ DECAY OF 145Gd: RESOLUTION OF E/B+ DECAY BRANCHING RATIO ANOMALIES AND EVIDENCE FOR PRONOUNCED STRUCTURES IN THE B-DECAY STRENGTH (1981) (0)
- A continuously self regenerating high-flux neutron-generator facility (2013) (0)
- The electronic table of isotopes (1991) (0)
- Neutron Capture Gamma-Ray Libraries for Nuclear Applications (2010) (0)
- The Correlation Between Impact Crater Ages and Chronostratigraphic Boundary Dates (2020) (0)
- New neutron cross section and fission yield data for SNManalysis (2003) (0)
- New Data and Directions for Neutron Activation Analysis (2005) (0)
- Recent Nuclear Astrophysics Data Activities in the US (1999) (0)
- Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Evaluation: Status and Perspectives (2009) (0)
- 56Fe(n,γ)に対する熱中性子捕獲断面積 (2017) (0)
- Long life for the oblate (1980) (0)
- Failure of the allowed assumption in the element of/$beta$$sup +$ decays of /sup 145g/Gd and /sup 143g/Sm: experimental evidence for interference effects in nuclear $beta$ decay (1974) (0)
- Low Energy Neutron measurements for Ignition and Capture Cross Section Studies at the National Ignition Facility (2013) (0)
- Proceedings of the 1st conference on nuclear structure data evaluation (1982) (0)
- T DECAY OF NEUTRON DEFICIENT Eu . Sm and Pm ISOTOPES NEAR THE PROTON DRIP LINE (2013) (0)
- Erratum: Investigation of the tungsten isotopes via thermal neutron capture (Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics (2014) 89 (014606)) (2014) (0)
- Commends Dataset for A=23 (2006) (0)
- Appendixes - Reference Data to Part III (2011) (0)
- gamma. -ray spectroscopy of excited states in /sup 143/Eu (1981) (0)
- NUCLEAR STRUCTURE DATABASE (1980) (0)
- Photon Strength and the Low-Energy Enhancement (2012) (0)
- The Berkeley Instrumental Neutron Generator (BINGE) for 40 Ar/ 39 Ar geochronology (2014) (0)
- PNAS Plus Significance Statements (2015) (0)
- 93Nb thermal neutron capture cross section from prompt γ-ray intensities (2014) (0)
- Contribution to the Evidences of an Interhemispheric Cosmic Impact During the Younger Dryas. Distinctive Proxies from Central and South Mexico (2019) (0)
- Monitoring international nuclear activity (2006) (0)
- Nuclear Science Division, Annual report, October 1, 1988--December 31, 1990 (1991) (0)
- Failure of the Gross Theory of Beta Decay in Neutron Deficient Nuclei (2015) (0)
- Energy and intensity calibration standards (1974) (0)
- Nuclear Decay Studies Far from Stability (1990) (0)
- Decay Studies of the Neutron-Rich Isotopes {sup 168}Dy and {sup 168}Ho{sup g} and the Indentification of the New Isomer {sup 168}Ho{sup m} (1990) (0)
- Deconvolution of the Photon Strength Function (2020) (0)
- Compact neutron generator development at LBNL - eScholarship (2003) (0)
- Spin/Parity Dependent Level Density (2021) (0)
- The Feasibility of Producing11C,13N,15O, and18F with Heavy-Ion Beams (1982) (0)
- Exploring the isotopes (1997) (0)
- II . A . Compact Axial Extraction Neutron Generator (2003) (0)
- Photon Strength Function at Low Energies in 95Mo (2014) (0)
- Anomalous epsilon/$beta$$sup +$ decay branching ratios: a theoretical explanation (1975) (0)
- Experimental resolution of the 145Gd ϵ/β-decay branching ratio anomalies (1979) (0)
- Comparison of IUPAC k 0 Values and Neutron Cross Sections to Determine a Self-consistent Set of Data for Neutron Activation Analysis (2009) (0)
- Impact-related microspherules in Late Pleistocene Alaskan and Yukon “muck” deposits signify recurrent episodes of catastrophic emplacement (2017) (0)
- Beringian Megafaunal Extinctions at ~37 ka B.P.: Do Micrometeorites Embedded in Fossil Tusks and Skulls Indicate an Extraterrestial Precursor to the Younger Dryas Event? (2009) (0)
- Observation of 23 Supernovae that Exploded 10 Be Cosmogenic Isotope Record (2014) (0)
- LLNL-PROC-531854 Photon Strength and the Low-Energy Enhancement (2012) (0)
- Absolute measurements of anomalous epsilon/$beta$$sup +$-decay branching ratios (1975) (0)
- Radiative-capture cross sections for the 139 La(n, γ ) reaction using thermal neutrons and structural properties of 140 La (2018) (0)
- Beta $sup +$/electron capture decay of $sup 143$Sm (1976) (0)
- 56 Appendix - Reference Data to Part V (2011) (0)
- PGAA/NAA analysis with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) D+D neutron generator (2003) (0)
- Investigation of 186 Re via radiative thermal-neutron capture on 185 Re (2016) (0)
- Evidence of four prehistoric supernovae <250 pc from Earth during the past 50,000 years (2009) (0)
- Analysis of statistical model properties from discrete nuclear structure data (2012) (0)
- Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Sections of 54,56,57 Fe (2013) (0)
- Radiative Capture Cross Sections of $^{139}$La(n,$\gamma$) for Thermal Neutrons (2014) (0)
- Neutron capture gamma-ray data and calculations for HPGe detector-based applications (2004) (0)
- Systematics of photon strength functions (2015) (0)
- First evidence of enhanced low-energy $\gamma$-ray strength from thermal neutron capture data. (2019) (0)
- DECAY OF [SUP]149 ER [SUP]G+M BY POSITRON AND DELAYED PROTON EMISSION, AND ELECTRON CAPTURE (1988) (0)
- Photonuclear Data Library 2019 (2019) (0)
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